Big Bend news briefs: Tally Top Pet winners announced

Max won Tally Top Pet.

Museum offers public glimpse behind scenes

The public can get a glimpse of rare state documents and tour the state archeology conservation lab today through Saturday at the Museum of Florida History. The events are part of Viva Florida 500 celebration of the state's 500th anniversary. Visitors can view the state's original 1838 state constitution, the 1861 order of secession and a 1586 map of Sir Francis Drake's voyage in the West Indies. Visitors also can tour the conservation lab (10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., each day) to view recovered artifacts such as prehistoric canoes, projectile points and Spanish shipwreck materials. For more information, call 850-245-6400 or visit www.museumoffloridahistory.com.

Tally Top Pet winners announced

The Tally Top Pet winners have been announced with Marge Quillman's cat, Max, being named Tally Top Pet. The yearly photo contest raises money for Be The Solution, Inc., which gives grants to local low-income people to have their pets spayed and neutered. Max was named "Tally Top Pet/Top City Kitty," while Manny with owner Karen Jumonville, won "Top Dog." Other winners included Gypsy of Triple R Horse Rescue as "Top Haute Horse," and the chinchilla Spaz with owner Gary Dart named "Top Lil' Critter." The winners were voted on by the community and the competition ran from Feb. 17 to April 1.

Second Harvest awarded $2,000 grant

Darden-owned restaurants Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse of Tallahassee awarded a $2,000 grant to America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend on Wednesday. The employees at the two restaurants worked together to award the nonprofit organization with a grant to make an impact in their community. Darden restaurants supports more than 850 nonprofits across the country through its restaurant community grants program, awarding more than $1.9 million to local organizations in the U.S. and Canada in its second year.

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Big Bend news briefs: Tally Top Pet winners announced

The Tally Top Pet winners have been announced with Marge Quillman?s cat, Max, being named Tally Top Pet.